Accounting basics: Debits and Credits explained

If there’s one piece of accounting jargon that trips people up the most, it’s “debits and credits.”

What exactly does it mean to “debit” and “credit” an account? Why is it that debiting some accounts makes them go up, but debiting other accounts makes them go down? And why is any of this important for your business?

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Written by Annette Ferguson, MA(Hons) CA
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